INVETERATE: Shattered Fate

Shattered #5: Total Delivery Nightmare

Jury's POV:

(2 days after the unintentional street fight)

"Who's the good girl? Who's the good girl?"

Nakangiwing nakatitig lang ako kay Nathan habang nilalaro niya si Daisy sa sahig.

I've been here inside their home since before lunch, dahil wala rin si Kuya Gab ay pumunta nalang ako sa bahay nila kasama ni Daisy...

Pero mukhang maling ideya 'to.

"Stop making that dumb face, please." I was crossing my arms while I'm looking at him with a disgust on my face.

Sinamaan niya ako ng tingin bago binaba si Daisy, "'Wag mo nga akong kausapin hangga't hindi pa maayos 'yang kamay mo."

I blew a loud breath and looked away, "I told you it was unintentional -"

"Yeah, right. You could've just called the cops or shout for help."

Umismid ako, "How can I freaking call if I'm in the middle of getting robbed, huh? Sinasabi mo lang 'yan kasi hindi ikaw 'yong nando'n."

Binelatan niya ako, "So you just fistfight with them?"

"Someone helped me, okay?"

"And who is that?"

Ngumuso ako bago nilibot ng tingin sa buong salas, "Someone familiar."

"Uh...huh?"

I groaned annoyingly, inalis ko ang pagka-krus ng braso ko at tumayo. Tiningnan ko siya bago tiningnan si Daisy na naglalaro sa sulok.

"Magpapahinga lang ako, I can't bare talking to you."

"Same here." Tumayo rin siya at nilapitan si Daisy, kinalong niya ito bago humarap saakin.

"Make sure to heal that before your brother comes home, I'll be laughing at you if he found out what happened."

Nang makaalis na sila sa salas at ako nalang ang natira ay napahinga nalang ako nang malalim, I walked towards their guest room upstairs and after stepping in, sinarado ko ang pinto at humiga sa kama.

"But it's starting to heal, though." Nakanguso kong sabi bago inangat ang dalawang kamay ko at tinitigan 'yon.

Only Nathan knew about it, telling Chet and Harvard about this might be a wrong move. Mga chismoso sila, baka wala pang isang oras ay nakarating na kay kuya ang nangyari saakin. While Ate Perry, she's close to my brother so although I trust her, there's a pretty possibility that she'll betray me and tell my brother about what happened to my hands lalo na at kaligtasan ko ang nakasalalay dito. And Kuya Gab... Is a wrong move too. Magkaibigan sila ni Kuya, baka malagot ako kapag sinabi ko sakanya.

"Now, what?" I faked a cry and stared at the ceiling above me.

Swollen hands tends to heal for almost a week pero hindi naman masyadong malala ang nangyari saakin, thus, it's starting to heal slowly. Kailangan ko lang talagang huwag gumalaw nang gumalaw lalo na ang kamay ko.

I took out my phone and scrolled through Twitter, I stopped scrolling when I saw Chase's tweet 2 days ago. Maybe it was posted before he left the café and saw me nearly getting robbed at the middle of a small village.

"Should I say thank you?" Tanong ko sa sarili ko.

"No. He probably didn't... Ah! No, he's his friend. Be careful." Paalala ko sa sarili ko.

I just tossed my phone at the headboard of the bed and sighed heavily.

Please, please heal my hand before my brother comes home. Baka magkaroon ng world war 3 kapag nalaman niya na nakipag-away ako.